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When the volunteers arrived at the concert, they were given the choice [#permalink]

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20 Aug 2017, 09:22

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When the volunteers arrived at the concert, they were given the choice of to either work in concessions or cleaning up after the event.

a) they were given the choice of to either workb) a choice was given them of either workingc) they had the choice of to workd) giving them the choice of either to worke) they had the choice of either working

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20 Aug 2017, 11:02

Lets evaluate the various answer options

a) they were given the choice of to either work - Not parallel to cleaning upb) a choice was given them of either working - awkward formationc) they had the choice of to work - awkward formationd) giving them the choice of either to work - Not parallel to cleaning upe) they had the choice of either working - corrects the parallelism errors in original sentence (Correct choice)

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20 Aug 2017, 11:13

sashiim20 wrote:

When the volunteers arrived at the concert, they were given the choice of to either work in concessions or cleaning up after the event.

a) they were given the choice of to either workb) a choice was given them of either workingc) they had the choice of to workd) giving them the choice of either to worke) they had the choice of either working

There are two issues with the original sentence. 1. Verb tense simple past (was/were) is incorrect here because volunteers already had the choice before starting the work. Hence "had" needs to be used.---This eliminates Option A, B & D (D has no verb)2. "either or" construction needs to be parallel in structure. In Option C "either" has been omitted, leading to comparison error.

Hence Option E

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